NET Bible
"Do not listen to them. Be subject to the king of Babylon. Then you will continue to live. Why should this city be made a pile of rubble?’”"
— Jeremiah 27:17, NET Bible
“Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?”
“Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city become a desolation? ”
“Don't listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city become a desolation?”
“Therefore hearken not to them, but serve the king of Babylon, that you may live. Why should this city be given up to desolation?”
“Give no attention to them; become servants of the king of Babylon and keep yourselves from death: why let this town become a waste?”
“Hearken not unto them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: wherefore should this city be laid waste?”
Do not listen to the prophets who are telling you that you do not need to serve the king of Babylon. For they are prophesying lies to you.
For I, the LORD, affirm that I did not send them. They are prophesying lies to you in my name. If you listen to them, I will drive you and the prophets who are prophesying lies out of the land and you will all die in exile.”
I also told the priests and all the people,“The LORD says,‘Do not listen to what your prophets are saying. They are prophesying to you that the valuable articles taken from the LORD’s temple will be brought back from Babylon very soon. But they are prophesying a lie to you.
Do not listen to them. Be subject to the king of Babylon. Then you will continue to live. Why should this city be made a pile of rubble?’”
I also told them,“If they are really prophets and the LORD is speaking to them, let them pray earnestly to the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. Let them plead with him not to let the valuable articles that are still left in the LORD’s temple, in the royal palace of Judah, and in Jerusalem be taken away to Babylon.
For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has already spoken about the two bronze pillars, the large bronze basin called‘The Sea,’ and the movable bronze stands. He has already spoken about the rest of the valuable articles that are left in this city.
He has already spoken about these things that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon did not take away when he carried Jehoiakim’s son King Jeconiah of Judah and the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem away as captives from Jerusalem to Babylon.